The Webometrics' Ranking Web of Universities, located at www.webometrics.info, published a document titled, "Ranking of scientists in Philippines Institutions according to their Google Scholar Citations", First Edition.
     In their published document listing 153 scientists accessed on 04 June 2015, eight scientists from southern Philippines were included, five of whom are faculty members of UP Mindanao.
     Professor Sylvia Concepcion (School of Management) was ranked #86, followed by Prof. Larry Digal (School of Mgt.) at #88, Associate Professor Juma Novie Alviola (Dept. of Food Science and Chemistry) at #99, Assoc. Prof. Annabelle Novero (Dept. of Biological Science and Environmental Studies) at #143, and Assoc. Prof. Pedro Alviola IV (School of Mgt.) at #145.
     The list included Mindanao-based scientists Dr. Alan Dargantes of Central Mindanao University at #50, Dr. Reagan Joseph Villanueva of Southern Philippines Medical Center at #103, and Dr. Girley Gumanao of Davao del Norte State College at #142.
     According to their webpage, Webometrics is a project of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, or Spanish Research Council.  
     The webpage stated that, "this edition was built with data collected during the third week of May 2015 from the public profiles of researchers working in Philippines (South East Asia) institutions. It is a BETA Ranking of the scientists according to their declared (voluntarily) presence in the Google Scholar Citations database.”
     Google Scholar is an internet-based search engine that contains texts or data of publications by researchers worldwide.